Regarding Janice's latest Op-Ed piece in the Free Press opposing the transit center: It took me all of 20 seconds to find the statistics that debunk her main point against it, as she insists mass transit ridership is down across the country. As usual, Janice is spouting "facts" that aren't. Go to google and type in rapid transit or mass transit ridership statistics and every article or document shows consistent increases over the last three years. http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/business-brains/public-transit-ridership-shows-first-increase-in-two-years/10369.

FYI, in one of my many jobs I worked as a survey taker over the phone. When you have a small pool of respondents you have to limit the percentage of participants of various demographics to reflect the overall population. That's why sometimes someone may call your house to do a survey and basically end the survey after you give your age or gender.Simple.I'm sure they talked to lots of old fogeys!